Words can sometimes produce a false impression. The product classification "heavy plate" is a case in point: for the uninformed, there can be an initial assumption that the term refers to something massive and crude, almost primitive.
Local surface hard spots, a few tenths of a millimeter thick, but with immense differences in hardness compared to the remaining surface, were a feared problem in linepipe plates for sour-gas service, as it had previously been impossible to control them. With D-TECT, the leading heavy plate manufacturer Dillinger developed an inspection technology integrated into the production process that automatically inspects the plates for these hard spots.
Words can sometimes produce a false impression. The product classification "heavy plate" is a case in point: for the uninformed, there can be an initial assumption that the term refers to something massive and crude, almost primitive.
